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Title | Artist | Medium & Support | Creation Date |
Seven lines from Jawartu | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Five: My shield against the Damned One... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Seven: May I only know the joys given by the Sublime One... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Nine: Through love and the words 'There is no God but God,'... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Sixteen: May the Majestic and Generous [God] bestow upon me his gifts without end... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Twenty-three: Through His Grace and consideration for my profession of faith... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Twenty-seven: May the Light of the Arabic Language and the Book... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Number Twenty-nine: May God be my Guide!... | Fall, Yelimane | acrylic on canvas | 2003 - 2004 |
Migrations II | Kosrof, Wosene | acrylic on linen | 2006 |
Bridal Veil (siyaya) | beads | ca. 1920 - 1930 | |
Backskirt (isithimba) | beads and leather | ca. 1920 - 1930 | |
Female Figure (akua'ba) | black wood | 20th century | |
Men's Clay Flask with Abstract Detail | blackened earthenware | ||
Christ Figure | brass | ca. 17th century - early 18th century | |
Standing Female Figure | brass | 20th century | |
Crescent Ankle Bracelet | brass | 20th century | |
Ceremonial Sword | brass | ca. 1897 - 1925 | |
Spiral Currency Piece | brass | possibly 14th century - 15th century | |
Woman's Anklet | brass | 19th century | |
Staff of Office | brass | ca. 1180 - 1897 | |
Crucifix | brass | ca. 17th century - early 18th century | |
Face Mask (Kpeliye'e) | brass | ||
Pipe | brass | 19th century | |
Face Mask | brass and wood | 20th century | |
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa) | brass or bronze and iron | 18th century - 19th century | |
Shrine Figure (onile) | brass or bronze, and iron | 18th century - 19th century | |
Miniature Masked Dancer Figure (tourist piece) | bronze | ||
Incense Burner with Fragment of Lamp Disc | bronze | probably 20th century | |
Oshugbo Society Armlet | bronze | 16th century - 19th century | |
Royal Hip Mask | bronze | ca. late 17th century - 18th century | |
Female Figure | bronze | ||
Bronze Entwined Figures | bronze | ||
Face Bell | bronze | 17th century - 18th century | |
Panel Headpiece | carved wood and rattan | 20th century | |
Adire Cloth (alabere) | cloth with indigo dye | 1964 | |
Pair of Beaded Dance Regalia Panels (yata) | cloth, leather, and multicolored glass beads | early 20th century | |
Elephant Mask (tso) | cloth, raffia, and beads | ||
Cloth (Factory Print) | cotton | ||
Elephant Cap Mask | cotton and glass beads | mid 20th century | |
Men's Weave Cloth | cotton and wool | 20th century | |
Cloth (Factory Print) | cotton with commercial dyes | before 1960 | |
Adire Eleko Cloth (Oloba) | cotton with indigo | late 20th century | |
Adire Cloth (eleko) | cotton with indigo | 20th century | |
Adire Cloth (alabere) | cotton with indigo | ||
Adire Cloth (alabere) | cotton with indigo | ||
Funerary Cloth | cotton, horizontal strip weave with over-weft pattern | 1975 | |
Blossom | deSouza, Allan | digital C-print on paper | 2004 |
He gazed into the liquid darkness in which desires drowned, from where the body's delicious pains emerged | deSouza, Allan | digital C-print on paper mounted on aluminum | 2001 |
Pipe | earthenware with kaolin | ||
Atlas Procession I | Kentridge, William | etching, aquatint, drypoint, letterpress and hand painting on Vélin d’Arches Blanc 300 gsm paper | 2000 |
Dan Mask | Fani-Kayode, Rotimi | gelatin silver print on paper | 1989 |
Pyro-Engraved Gourd | gourd | ||
Composition No. 10 | Ekpuk, Victor | graphite and pastel on paper | ca. 2011 |
Pot Lid (Izi-mbenge) | grass | ||
Pot Lid with Beads (Izi-mbenge) | grass and beads | ||
Unseen | Saro-Wiwa, Zina | inkjet print | 2014 |
Grave | Saro-Wiwa, Zina | inkjet print | 2014 |
Dream | Saro-Wiwa, Zina | inkjet print | 2014 |
Janus | Saro-Wiwa, Zina | inkjet print | 2014 |
Knife | iron and wood | ||
Throwing Knife | iron, brass, and wood | ||
Animal Figure | ivory | ca. 1880 | |
Side Blown Trumpet | ivory | late 19th century - early 20th century | |
Ceremonial Throwing Knife | metal, wood, fiber, and leather | ||
Vessel (Untitled) | Odundo, Magdalene | multi-fired red clay | 2009 |
The Battle of Adwa | Wende, Wondimu | paint on cloth | ca. 1970 |
The Darg, at the First Anniversary of the Battle of Adwa | Wende, Wondimu | paint on cloth | ca. 1970 |
Hunting | Unknown Artist | paint on cloth | ca. 1970 |
The Feast of Temqat (Epiphany) | Wende, Wondimu | paint on cloth | ca. 1968 |
Three Scenes from the Life of the Emperor Theodore (Tewodros) | Wende, Wondimu | paint on cloth | ca. 1968 |
Justice of the Emperor Theodore (Tewodros) | Wende, Wondimu | paint on cloth | ca. 1968 |
Moon Walk | Ekpuk, Victor | pastel, acrylic, graphite, and collage on paper | ca. 2012 |
The Bowl is Full | Ekpuk, Victor | pastel, acrylic, graphite, and collage on paper | ca. 2012 |
Crest Mask (sapele) | sapele (wood), ceramic, and brass | late 19th century | |
Untitled | Gadza, Clemens | serpentine stone | 1991 |
Pair of Hinged Anklets | silver | 19th century | |
Soapstone Head (Nomoli) | soapstone | ||
Face Mask | straw and grass | ||
Shrine Sculpture | terracotta | early 20th century | |
Commemorative Head Fragment | terracotta | ca. 17th century - 18th century | |
Bound Figure | terracotta | ca. 12th century - 15th century | |
Pregnant Female Figure | terracotta | 1200 - 1600 | |
Equestrian Fragment | terracotta | possibly 14th century - 16th century | |
Commemorative Head | terracotta | ca. 19th century | |
Kneeling Mother and Child Figure | terracotta | ||
Head | terracotta | ca. 500 BCE - 300 CE | |
Head | terracotta | possibly between 16th century - 19th century | |
Seated Female Figure | terracotta | ||
Water Container | terracotta | ||
Honey Pot | terracotta |
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